Project #82306 - Tips and Tricks for Literature Searches

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You are required to be thorough and exhaustive in your search for academic resources. This requirement does not only exist so you can avoid duplicating existing research, it also empowers and prepares you to contribute to the thinking and practice in your chosen area of interest. One key to achieving this goal is to develop proficiency in literature searches.

In this Discussion, you will propose some tips and tricks on how to more effectively conduct literature searches.

Post 4–5 tips and suggestions for finding relevant and credible academic literature based on your literature search from this week’s Assignment 1. These tips may relate to navigating particular electronic databases, applying general searching techniques, constructing search term queries, broadening or narrowing your initial search results, finding monographs and other resources, searching for dissertations, or other topics. How can you ensure that your searches have been thorough and precise?

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the reading(s) and/or media segment(s) and use APA format.